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Top 10 2026 NWSL MVP Candidates at Midseason

NWSL Temwa Chawinga Olivia Moultrie Barbra Banda Kenza Dali Croix Bethune Gotham Jaelin Howell Mina Tanaka Utah

The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is back. On July 3, the league resumed after a midseason pause for the start of the men’s World Cup. In its first-ever 16-team season, there is still almost two-thirds of the 30-game regular season to go.

Ahead of the restart, it felt like a good time to check in on the race to be the 2026 NWSL MVP and rank the individuals who have starred during the first half of the 2026 regular season.

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